The birther story is one of the greatest stories never told.
It goes a little something like this:
1. Barack Obama claims to be of Kenyan birth and nurtures that falsehood for 17 years.
2. Barack Obama launches a presidential campaign and scrubs his own "born in Kenya" meme. All parties associated with Obama's literary agency practice an oath of Omerta that is still in effect today.
3. Disgruntled Hillary supporter and Democratic stalwart, Phikip Berg echoes Barack Obama's claim that he was born in Kenya. He also raises the more significant possibility that Barack Obama might have lost his US citizenship when he was adopted by a foreign national. Poetically, at about the age of majority, the Birther Meme leaves its idyllic childhood behind to enter an often hostile adult world.
4. The Birther Movement gains support from "the fringe" as mainstreamers including the likes of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin treat the Birther subject like it is radioactive. Meanwhile Obama Loyalists like David Gregory attack Republicans with ficticious accusations of promoting the Birther Meme.
5. Obama and his loyalists continue to relentlessly promote the president's victimization by any and all who might repeat his lie that he was born in Kenya. More significantly, they ditect their rage against parties who are too cowardly to even examine the subject. Ergo, Fox News contributed to the deaths of none innocent Bible scholars in Charleston, South Carolina.
WHY NOT BLAME ACTON AND DYSTELL?
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Showing posts with label David Gregory. Show all posts
Friday, June 19, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Reflections On Brian Williams
I can't defend Brian Williams' lies but let's get real. Lies are a staple of NBC news. Are Williams' lies any worse than David Gregory badgering Michelle Bachmann and John Boehner over Obama's birth certificate knowing full well that neither of them had ever mentioned Obama's place of birth and knowing that the ridiculous "Born in Kenya" meme was started by Barack Obama himself in a biography provided to his literary agency, Dystel and Goderich. We can't chart all of the lies at NBC. That would be a Herculean task on scale with tallying all of the White House lies.
Almost as disturbing as Williams lying is his ignorance of modern history. Eisenhower never ran against Kennedy and anyone who works in the press should know that. This is malpractice as absurd as a doctor not knowing how many kidneys a patient should have. From this very blog June 9, 2009.
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Let's be fair. It is possible that Williams misspoke. That he knew that Kennedy never ran against Eisenhower but that Nixon (Eisenehower's vice president) was an extension of the Eisenhower Administration. Maybe he accidentally misstated the facts. But he did not clarify as well as he should have.
Williams then repeats the analogy. And in the context, it appears that he does believe Eisenhower ran against Kennedy because McCain the war hero is sort of the political Eisenhower of his era. He is certainly comparing Eisenhower and McCain.
Is Williams a moron? If the standard is beyond reasonable doubt, he has a chance at acquittal. If the standard is a preponderance of evidence, the viewers and the voters will be rewarded damages.
Oh, and you might notice that Mensa member Dave does not correct his intellectual twin on his absurdities.
PALIN HAS NEVER UTTERED ANYTHING HALF THIS STUPID
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To paraphrase Hillary Clinton, at this stage of the game, what difference does it make?
Williams then repeats the analogy. And in the context, it appears that he does believe Eisenhower ran against Kennedy because McCain the war hero is sort of the political Eisenhower of his era. He is certainly comparing Eisenhower and McCain.
Is Williams a moron? If the standard is beyond reasonable doubt, he has a chance at acquittal. If the standard is a preponderance of evidence, the viewers and the voters will be rewarded damages.
Oh, and you might notice that Mensa member Dave does not correct his intellectual twin on his absurdities.
PALIN HAS NEVER UTTERED ANYTHING HALF THIS STUPID
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To paraphrase Hillary Clinton, at this stage of the game, what difference does it make?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Media Monday: Civility? Too Late Now!!!
Actually it's not too late and I have curbed my expletives. But that's the extent of it. We are still obligated to call waste, waste. We are obligated to call cronyism, cronyism. We are obligated to call corruption, corruption. And, we are obligated, to call hate speech, hate speech.
Before we continue, let us honor the people of Tucson who were slaughtered by a mad man. This was a cruel and senseless act. We are reminded of Szasz's observation that the central problem of life is that we all have a greater capacity to inflict harm than to provide comfort. A million Mother Teresas could not undo the damage inflicted by this butcher. This is a tragedy that cannot be fixed.
But never let it be said that the influence of Rahm Emanuel has returned to Chicago. No. No. No. Democratic spinmeisters instinctively went into motion, insuring that this crisis did not go to waste. Within hours they were blaming Sarah Palin, tea party activists and everyone else who challenges their agenda.
January 9, 2011 might have offered the most Orwellian TV programming in the history of that storied medium. MSNBC, the very epicenter of hate speech, served up a gabfest hosted by David Gregory. Actually, it was NBC and it "Meet The Press." But when I saw it, it was being aired by MSNBC. NBC? MSNBC? No difference!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40965541/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts
MR. GREGORY: Congressman Labrador, the--comment on that. You're a tea party candidate. A lot of sentiment in the tea party is to be very concerned about some of the government policies pursued by this president. How do you see the discourse being in any way a contribution to some of the security threats that members of Congress can experience?
Not "Do you see?" but rather "How do you see..." Just how much hate speech can we expect and how many people will you kill? In other words, NBC defines hate speech as speech uttered by people who oppose their agenda.
They then ran this video of Congresswoman Giffords.
REP. GIFFORDS: We have had hundreds and hundreds of protesters over the course of the last several months. Our office corner has really become an area where the tea party movement congregates. And the rhetoric is incredibly heated. ... This is a situation where people don't--I mean, they really do need to realize that the rhetoric and firing people up and, you know, even things--for example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list--but the thing is that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gunsight over our district. And when people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action.
Of course. Blame Palin. That's what this gabfest is all about. The press has never been objective or even truthful when it comes to Palin. Why start now? If there is another Challenger disaster, the media will blame Palin. If there is another, 9/11, the media will blame Palin. As long as she is a viable threat to their agenda, Palin will be demonized. Truth is optional.
REP. CLEAVER: But--and I, I agree. And, and, and Trent Frank and I are friends and we work together, you know, and I, I would be stunned if I, if, if I ever heard him shout out an insult. That's just not who he is. But what has happened to the debate is one person or one side--Republicans or, or Democrats, it doesn't matter--they say, "I'm right and you're evil." And that is what's damaging this country.
Here is where it gets hyperOrwellian. The show is being aired on MSNBC. MSNBC is the very epicenter for hate speech. Five nights a week, Keith Olbermann pronounces "The Worst Person In The World." To make that list, one has to simply disagree with Olbermann. And Maddow and Matthews and Schultz use the "I'm right and you're evil" formula habitually. Habitually. It is the very essence of their network.
EXHIBIT A
This is nightly fare at MSNBC. Vicious certainly. But worse than vicious, Olbermann is untruthful. He is chronically untruthful. But this is not called hate speech. In the mainstream media, hate speech is only performed by the opposition. It is Sarah Palin and anonymous members of the tea party and anonymous bloggers who promote hate speech. Journalistic immunity rules the day.
Once more, the bigger story is the role of our mainstream media in political discourse. Right vs. left, libs vs. cons, etc., etc., etc., are all eclipsed by the dinosaur media. For years, the media have fomented hate speech. Bush stole the election. Bush committed genocide in New Orleans. Palin is misquoted with journalistic license. The tea party are all racists. The hate speech is continuous.
We will revisit this subject to review exactly what the media refer to when they ask us to change our tenor and tone. Hint: Whatever challenges their agenda. For now, let's summarize our prospects for a new civility: None.
Why I am not bullish on Kumbaya futures? Once more, it is the dinosaur media to blame. It is one thing to attack Bush or Palin or Scott Brown (although it does not excuse the dishonesty)and another to attack a large cross section of America (ditto the dishonesty.) For two solid years we had to endure the insinuation, the innuendo and sometimes when the fourth estate could not contain their unbridled enthusiasm, the outright lies that all who oppose the Obama agenda are racist.
The people who criticize TARP are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed the stimulus are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed health care reform (sic) are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed cash for clunkers, secretive czars, the takeover of the auto indstry, the takeover of the student loan industry, finreg, tax increases, anything small or large, were and are dismissed as racist not just by Bill Maher or Daily Kos or Huffington Post, but by the mainstream media. MSM!
So now that NYT lost 82% of ad revenue in one quarter and more people watch Fox than the nightly news, the MSM pleads for civility. Two years of carpet bombing with the r-word. Now they want civility?
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BOMBARD US WITH HATE SPEECH AND THEN PLEAD FOR CIVILITY
Before we continue, let us honor the people of Tucson who were slaughtered by a mad man. This was a cruel and senseless act. We are reminded of Szasz's observation that the central problem of life is that we all have a greater capacity to inflict harm than to provide comfort. A million Mother Teresas could not undo the damage inflicted by this butcher. This is a tragedy that cannot be fixed.
But never let it be said that the influence of Rahm Emanuel has returned to Chicago. No. No. No. Democratic spinmeisters instinctively went into motion, insuring that this crisis did not go to waste. Within hours they were blaming Sarah Palin, tea party activists and everyone else who challenges their agenda.
January 9, 2011 might have offered the most Orwellian TV programming in the history of that storied medium. MSNBC, the very epicenter of hate speech, served up a gabfest hosted by David Gregory. Actually, it was NBC and it "Meet The Press." But when I saw it, it was being aired by MSNBC. NBC? MSNBC? No difference!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40965541/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts
MR. GREGORY: Congressman Labrador, the--comment on that. You're a tea party candidate. A lot of sentiment in the tea party is to be very concerned about some of the government policies pursued by this president. How do you see the discourse being in any way a contribution to some of the security threats that members of Congress can experience?
Not "Do you see?" but rather "How do you see..." Just how much hate speech can we expect and how many people will you kill? In other words, NBC defines hate speech as speech uttered by people who oppose their agenda.
They then ran this video of Congresswoman Giffords.
REP. GIFFORDS: We have had hundreds and hundreds of protesters over the course of the last several months. Our office corner has really become an area where the tea party movement congregates. And the rhetoric is incredibly heated. ... This is a situation where people don't--I mean, they really do need to realize that the rhetoric and firing people up and, you know, even things--for example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list--but the thing is that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gunsight over our district. And when people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action.
Of course. Blame Palin. That's what this gabfest is all about. The press has never been objective or even truthful when it comes to Palin. Why start now? If there is another Challenger disaster, the media will blame Palin. If there is another, 9/11, the media will blame Palin. As long as she is a viable threat to their agenda, Palin will be demonized. Truth is optional.
REP. CLEAVER: But--and I, I agree. And, and, and Trent Frank and I are friends and we work together, you know, and I, I would be stunned if I, if, if I ever heard him shout out an insult. That's just not who he is. But what has happened to the debate is one person or one side--Republicans or, or Democrats, it doesn't matter--they say, "I'm right and you're evil." And that is what's damaging this country.
Here is where it gets hyperOrwellian. The show is being aired on MSNBC. MSNBC is the very epicenter for hate speech. Five nights a week, Keith Olbermann pronounces "The Worst Person In The World." To make that list, one has to simply disagree with Olbermann. And Maddow and Matthews and Schultz use the "I'm right and you're evil" formula habitually. Habitually. It is the very essence of their network.
EXHIBIT A
This is nightly fare at MSNBC. Vicious certainly. But worse than vicious, Olbermann is untruthful. He is chronically untruthful. But this is not called hate speech. In the mainstream media, hate speech is only performed by the opposition. It is Sarah Palin and anonymous members of the tea party and anonymous bloggers who promote hate speech. Journalistic immunity rules the day.
Once more, the bigger story is the role of our mainstream media in political discourse. Right vs. left, libs vs. cons, etc., etc., etc., are all eclipsed by the dinosaur media. For years, the media have fomented hate speech. Bush stole the election. Bush committed genocide in New Orleans. Palin is misquoted with journalistic license. The tea party are all racists. The hate speech is continuous.
We will revisit this subject to review exactly what the media refer to when they ask us to change our tenor and tone. Hint: Whatever challenges their agenda. For now, let's summarize our prospects for a new civility: None.
Why I am not bullish on Kumbaya futures? Once more, it is the dinosaur media to blame. It is one thing to attack Bush or Palin or Scott Brown (although it does not excuse the dishonesty)and another to attack a large cross section of America (ditto the dishonesty.) For two solid years we had to endure the insinuation, the innuendo and sometimes when the fourth estate could not contain their unbridled enthusiasm, the outright lies that all who oppose the Obama agenda are racist.
The people who criticize TARP are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed the stimulus are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed health care reform (sic) are dismissed as racist.
The people who opposed cash for clunkers, secretive czars, the takeover of the auto indstry, the takeover of the student loan industry, finreg, tax increases, anything small or large, were and are dismissed as racist not just by Bill Maher or Daily Kos or Huffington Post, but by the mainstream media. MSM!
So now that NYT lost 82% of ad revenue in one quarter and more people watch Fox than the nightly news, the MSM pleads for civility. Two years of carpet bombing with the r-word. Now they want civility?
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BOMBARD US WITH HATE SPEECH AND THEN PLEAD FOR CIVILITY
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